Guatemala vs Peru
Guatemala vs Peru: Arms imports
Arms imports: 6 million TIV in Guatemala in 2023 and 90 million TIV in Peru in 2025, by SIPRI estimates. In 2023 the value was higher in Peru, by 16 million TIV, or 3.67 times that in Guatemala.
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Peru has been higher since 2022, when it overtook Guatemala.
- The world as a whole: 29.5 billion TIV in 2023.
Every year
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
| Year | Guatemala | Peru | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | – | 90 million | 33.3 billion |
| 2024 | – | 1 million | 30.6 billion |
| 2023 | 6 million | 22 million | 29.5 billion |
| 2022 | 10 million | 38 million | 33 billion |
| 2021 | – | 62 million | 26.8 billion |
| 2020 | – | 28 million | 23.4 billion |
| 2019 | 14 million | 0 | 26.9 billion |
| 2018 | 4 million | 103 million | 27.3 billion |
| 2017 | – | 28 million | 31.2 billion |
| 2016 | – | 168 million | 31.4 billion |
| 2015 | 33 million | 211 million | 28.7 billion |
| 2014 | – | 153 million | 27 billion |
| 2013 | – | 15 million | 27.4 billion |
| 2012 | 2 million | 5 million | 27.9 billion |
| 2011 | – | 71 million | 29.9 billion |
| 2010 | – | 46 million | 25.8 billion |
| 2009 | – | 43 million | 24 billion |
| 2008 | 0 | – | 24.1 billion |
| 2007 | – | 172 million | 26.5 billion |
| 2006 | – | 193 million | 24.4 billion |
| 2005 | – | 368 million | 21.3 billion |
| 2004 | – | 47 million | 21.3 billion |
| 2003 | – | 22 million | 19.2 billion |
| 2002 | – | 16 million | 17.7 billion |
| 2001 | – | 10 million | 18.3 billion |
| 2000 | – | 18 million | 20.5 billion |
| 1999 | – | 95 million | 25.3 billion |
| 1998 | 1 million | 52 million | 27.9 billion |
| 1997 | – | 373 million | 28.9 billion |
| 1996 | 2 million | 121 million | 23.7 billion |
| 1995 | 4 million | 47 million | 22.9 billion |
| 1994 | 4 million | 175 million | 22.8 billion |
| 1993 | 13 million | 43 million | 25.8 billion |
| 1992 | – | 130 million | 24.3 billion |
| 1991 | – | 108 million | 27.8 billion |
| 1990 | – | 104 million | 28.6 billion |
| 1989 | 4 million | 11 million | 31.7 billion |
| 1988 | – | 241 million | 32.9 billion |
| 1987 | – | 611 million | 36.2 billion |
| 1986 | 2 million | 250 million | 35.5 billion |
| 1985 | 25 million | 215 million | 33.2 billion |
| 1984 | 7 million | 361 million | 36.8 billion |
| 1983 | 1 million | 320 million | 39.1 billion |
| 1982 | 16 million | 271 million | 41.4 billion |
| 1981 | 49 million | 857 million | 42 billion |
| 1980 | 8 million | 676 million | 37.4 billion |
| 1979 | 5 million | 641 million | 33.3 billion |
| 1978 | 1 million | 748 million | 39.2 billion |
| 1977 | 1 million | 933 million | 37 billion |
| 1976 | 15 million | 373 million | 33 billion |
| 1975 | 47 million | 555 million | 34.2 billion |
| 1974 | 15 million | 561 million | 32.9 billion |
| 1973 | 0 | 476 million | 32.6 billion |
| 1972 | 1 million | 198 million | 28.7 billion |
| 1971 | 46 million | 157 million | 29.3 billion |
| 1970 | – | 35 million | 22.1 billion |
| 1969 | 1 million | 96 million | 24.7 billion |
| 1968 | 16 million | 188 million | 22.4 billion |
| 1967 | 1 million | 26 million | 22.1 billion |
| 1966 | – | 65 million | 22.4 billion |
| 1965 | 5 million | 52 million | 23.1 billion |
| 1964 | 8 million | 18 million | 24.2 billion |
| 1963 | 7 million | 24 million | 18.1 billion |
| 1962 | 1 million | 14 million | 15.5 billion |
| 1961 | – | 96 million | 15 billion |
| 1960 | 16 million | 191 million | 15.7 billion |
Each country on its own
Good to know
- Major weapons the country received, in SIPRI trend-indicator values (TIV): what the arms are worth as military capability, priced by their production cost, not what was paid.
- Source: SIPRI Arms Transfers Database, via the World Bank.
- Ranks count the 110 countries with a value in 2025, highest first.
- The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.
How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time
Guatemala vs Peru
Health
- Life expectancyGuatemala: 72.6 years in 2023Peru: 77.7 years in 2023
- Child mortalityGuatemala: 2.1 per 100 live births in 2024Peru: 1.3 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityGuatemala: 17.6 per 1,000 live births in 2023Peru: 11.7 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterGuatemala: 56.3% in 2022Peru: 52% in 2022
- DepressionGuatemala: 3.22% in 2017Peru: 2.28% in 2017
- Suicide rateGuatemala: 5.9 per 100,000 people in 2017Peru: 3.1 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationGuatemala: 18.1 million people in 2023Peru: 33.9 million people in 2023
- Population growthGuatemala: 1.55% a year in 2023Peru: 1.12% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateGuatemala: 2.31 births per woman in 2023Peru: 1.98 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationGuatemala: 56.3% in 2025Peru: 85.6% in 2025
- Median ageGuatemala: 22.6 years in 2023Peru: 29.5 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overGuatemala: 4.7% in 2023Peru: 9% in 2023
- Net migration rateGuatemala: -0.5 per 1,000 people in 2023Peru: 0.7 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingGuatemala: 0.52% of GDP in 2025Peru: 0.81% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsGuatemala: $617M in 2025Peru: $2.43B in 2025
- Military spending per personGuatemala: $34 in 2025Peru: $75 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingGuatemala: 3.5% of government spending in 2025Peru: 3.7% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelGuatemala: 43,000 people in 2020Peru: 158,000 people in 2020
- National powerGuatemala: 0.09% of world capability in 2022Peru: 0.28% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersGuatemala: 0.64% of the labour force in 2020Peru: 0.94% of the labour force in 2020